Aktsent

Aktsent
Акцент
IdeologyLiberalism

Aktsent (Ukrainian: Акцент, formally Viche (Ukrainian: Віче; English translation: Union or Council)), is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 1993.[1][2][3][4] Before September 2005 the party was known as Constitutional Democratic Party (Ukrainian: Конституційно-демократична партія; Konstytutsijno-Demokratychna Partija).[5] Between 2005 and 2018 the party was called Viche.[1]

History

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Viche logo

The party was founded by Inna Bohoslovska in 1993.[1]

At the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party was part of the election bloc "Elephant – Social-Liberal Union" (Ukrainian: Виборчий блок партій "СЛОн – Соціально-Ліберальне Об'єднання") that won 0,90% of the votes and no seats.[4]

At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the Constitutional Democratic Party was part of the Team of Winter Generation alliance, which didn't pass the 4% electoral threshold and obtained no seats.[4]

At the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006, it won 1.74% of the popular vote and no seats.[4]

On August 3, 2007, Bohoslovska and other leaders of the party decided to participate in the 2007 parliamentary elections within party list of the Party of regions.[5] Ihor Didkovsky was elected as a new party leader.[6] The party considered a merge into Party of Regions in 2007 and did not participate in the 2007 election;[4] however on June 12, 2009 in Kyiv an extraordinary eleventh party congress took place.[7] After Bohoslovska quit the Party of Regions to take part in the presidential election of the next year in May 2009.[8][9] she became leader of Viche again.[10]

The party did participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections in 14 simple-majority constituencies but did not win parliamentary representation.[11][12][13]

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[14]

In 2018 the party changed to its current name Aktsent.[1]

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections 8 persons won a local seat on behalf of Aktsent.[15] In the October 2020 Ukrainian local election for the Kharkiv Oblast Council former Governor of Kharkiv Oblast Ihor Baluta was a candidate for the party.[3] He, nor his party, were elected to this regional parliament.[16]

Ideology

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Party members see themselves as the heirs of the party, which operated in the early 20th century, and use the theory of modern liberal conservatism (Anglo-Saxon conservatism). In particular, party officials declare, that they represent the interests of the middle class – of businessmen and of intellectuals.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Політична партія "Акцент"". Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. ^ .ua/en/catalog/company_details/00044345/ AKTSENT, YouControl [uk]
  3. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) The ex-head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration will run for the regional council from the party owned by Bogoslovska, Depo.ua (18 September 2020)
  4. ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Партія "Віче", www.sd.net.ua
  5. ^ a b Bohoslovska Inna, Kyiv Post (July 23, 2008); Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ (in Ukrainian) Дідковський Ігор Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Official party website
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) Партія Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Official party website
  8. ^ MP Bohoslovska quits Party of Regions, UNIAN (May 25, 2009)
  9. ^ Bogoslovska,Chornovil excluded from PR faction, UNIAN (June 23, 2009)
  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) команда Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Official party website
  11. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nationwide list, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
  13. ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
  14. ^ Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  15. ^ "Results of the 2020 Ukrainian local elections on the official web-server of the". Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  16. ^ Results of the 2020 elections of the Kharkiv Oblast Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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